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Roeder seemed to make his best changes when he was forced into them too. Hopefully Hughton will see how well this worked and persevere with it, for home matches at least. I think he's a naturally cautious manager mind so I can't see him going with it for away games if he has the option.

I dunno, the way I see it is that he's essentially Capello's voice on the pitch, his representative in the team. If he isn't comfortable with that the captaincy has to change. It would be madness to drop him mind.

How do we know that he wasn't shagging her when she was still with Bridge? You honestly reckon he doesn't give a fuck that a team mate knocked up the mother of his child on the sly? I think it's abou time Terry was held to account for his actions, the place in the team should be on merit but I think it was spot on to strip him of the captaincy in this instance.

Man City, Man U, Notts Forest and 2+goals in Spurs-Villa. £9 wins £30.

Right decision all round imo.

Giggs. I know he's won it all, several times over, but he had the ability to be the best player in the world. He never was, not sure he even got close.

Don't tell me, you've got this great idea about playing Gerrard and Lampard through the middle too If people are too thick to have got it by now they never will.

Not taking Heskey would be fucking mental.

He was average at absolute best last season. Funny how dropping a league has made him look better.

Is it some sort of Rafa style squad rotation thing due to the number of games coming up? No sense in not bringing either of them on though. If neither were coming on under those circumstances I can't imagine any where either would have.

Bizarre for Jonas and Loven not to get off the bench.

almost feel sorry for the mackems hes so shit I think he's decent. Would have been a brilliant signing for us at the moment, not a bad one for them.

Good post.

Chelsea/Wigan £20.

£3 Nolan first scorer, 8-1 on betfair.

Lee Barnard has scored about 60% of their goals this season and they've flogged him.

Come on Birmingham, West Ham and Everton. Other PL teams - as you are.

£6 on a Championship treble; Middlesborough, Cardiff and QPR pays £25. As there's nothing that stands out in the prem I thought I'd waste £2 on trying to predict all the 3pms: Birmingham, Villa, Hull, Liverpool, West Ham and Everton, let's be fucking having you for a £273 payout.

It's a local derby, minimises drinking and rioting presumably.

Money from bums on seats plays a far, far less important role in football finances these days. Besides which, I wonder how much their season tickets cost in relation to most of the rest of the league. Highest prices after Chelsea I think, it's unreal how much it costs. Not just that, but London clubs can charge for - and get much more - corporate entertainment than provincial clubs can. Back to STs, though, my mate is an Arsenal ST holder. His costs him 1200 quid. Mine, best in the house, costs 520 quid. That's the London factor for you. The highest tier of Arsenal tickets is the highest price in the country I think, there are some more acceptably priced seats iirc. I know someone who's paid £850 for a shite view in one of the corners at WHL, it's unbelievable. Corporate is a massive factor, you're right. Spent a week of 'work' at Stamford Bridge (which cost the company a shitload) and there are huge number of boxes owned by banks etc.

Money from bums on seats plays a far, far less important role in football finances these days. Besides which, I wonder how much their season tickets cost in relation to most of the rest of the league. Highest prices after Chelsea I think, it's unreal how much it costs.

He was excellent in that run under KK.

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As far as I can tell it's mainly because the ground is full despite the horrendously high ticket prices. Don't think they've ever gone mental on wages either.

I'm not saying it's wrong, but the only ones I can remember from Jonas are Villa, Pompey and Stoke. Frighteningly low numbers all round really, no wonder we got relegated.